russian double agent and his daughter. what do we know about the nerve agent? guest: the nerve agent was produced during the soviet era. it is a reference to the products themselves that were put together to create the poison. it is a standard nerve agent that inhibits nerve -- inhibits brain activity. host: do you have any doubt that putin was behind this effort? confidentcan be especially when you have statements coming from the united states, france, germany and the united kingdom condemning this and say that they believe it was led by the russian leadership. condemnation,t what will that mean for russia? does it make any difference for vladimir putin? guest: i don't think it does. the intended assassination, any ifders on the road that even , thatraitor company doesn't mean the russians cannot second,k after you? there's a signal in this to the russian diaspora. you can go to london with all your money and support opposition figures, that doesn't mean the russian leadership cannot come after you. this goes back to the 1920's and 30's -- 1930's. ,he soviets infiltrated kidnapped peopl

three russian diplomats and suspended high level contacts with moscow over the incident russia is expected to retaliate in similar fashion so it actually as president has accepted the prime minister robert ficos resignation and asked his deputy to form a new government political leaders are trying to end a crisis provoked by the murder of a journalist who was investigating fraud involving a businessman with political ties his death fueled public anger over corruption and has led to the biggest protests in the central european nation since a form of communism nearly three decades ago. the united nations says a donor conference in rome has raised the next to one hundred million dollars to fund the u.n. relief agency for palestinian refugees the agency is facing a funding crisis after the u.s. government slashes eight u.n. says it's still running about three hundred forty six million dollars short for twenty eight. you're up to speed with all the news but stay with us here on al-jazeera inside stories coming next. britain takes its case against moscow to the u.n. over the poisoning o

syria at this time on al-jazeera . a senior british filmmaker says the poisoning of a russian double agent looks like state sponsored attempted murder as the prime minister prepares to update parliament on the investigation. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up the syrian army's hold on the eastern ghouta grows as a rebel group reaches a deal with russia to evacuate civilians. a land grab in myanmar amnesty international accuses the military of deliberately building on areas home to the rain. and at least fifty people have died after a bangladeshi ally in a crashed at the polls katmandu at port. we begin here in london where the british prime minister is due to make a statement in parliament on the nerve agent attack against a russian double agent so i guess cripple and his daughter yulia were found unconscious in southern england last sunday to reason may has warned that if russia is responsible for the alleged attack britain will respond robustly we'll have the challenge in the russian capital moscow in just a moment let's join barnaby philli

, including the expulsion of 23 russian diplomats. this is 50 minutes. >> order. statement. the prime minister. >> hear, hear. >> with permission, mr. speaker, i would like to make a statement on the response of the russian government to the incident in salisbury. first, on behalf of the whole house, let me pay tribute once again to the bravery and professionalism of all the emergency services, doctors, nurses and investigation teams who led the response to this appalling incident. and also to the fortitude of the people, lenny reassure them that as public health england has make clear, the ongoing risk to public health is low and the government will continue to do everything possible to support this historic city to recover fully. mr. speaker, on monday i set out for sergei skripal and his daughter were poison with a military grade nerve agent develop by russia. race on this capability combined with a record of conducting state-sponsored assassination, including against former intelligence officers who may regard a legitimate target, the uk government concluded that it was highly lik

russian spy and his daughter. eight days since the attack on sergei and yulia skripal, theresa may is under pressure to say who the authorities believe was responsible. this is the scene live in the house of commons where the prime minister is due to make her statement. she may point the finger at russia, and the bbc has asked president putin if the kremlin is to blame. ms russia behind the assassination of surrogate script file? translation: we are here to about agriculture and first you talk to me about this. get to the bottom of it there and then talk to me about this. we'll bring you that live in full. the other main stories on bbc news at five. # happiness, happiness tributes to the comedy legend sir ken dodd, who's died at the age of 90. sky sports suspends tv football pundit jamie carragher after he was filmed spitting towards a 14—year—old girl. i lost my right, there is no excuse. what i did, everybody has seen the footage, whatever happened in the lead up to that, there is no excuse for my actions. and an icon of fashion — givenchy — most famous for his collaboration

crimea's inhabitants are ethnic russians ukrainians and crimean tatars. but the peninsula is also home to bellow russians armenians poles jews and germans. the crossroads of the orient and the oxidant europe and asia. greeks came from across the mediterranean founded cities and opened up trade routes to europe. nomadic tribes from the steps of asia conquered crimea well the mongols of the golden horde established a slave trade here conquerors became settlers tradesmen and artisans farmers and citizens until new conquerors came and new cultures. for centuries crimea belonged to the empire of the crimean tatars and the ottomans . under catherine the great it became russian and remained so for one hundred fifty years. then in one thousand nine hundred fifty four the peninsula became part of ukraine. a demonstration in the crimean capital simferopol legendary coach. i that sentiment was reflected in the outcome of a referendum a few days later. and that's the moment of the most high on march sixteenth the referendum was held in crimea this referendum took place in line with international l

this is d w news live from berlin as collating tension between russia and the duke a the russian foreign ministry gets back at london's response to a chemical attack on an x five on british soil we will ask the british m.p. about prime minister teresa mayes decision to kick twenty three russian diplomats out of the country. also coming up thousands of syrians leave the scenes teachers eastern good to as government forces close in the battle for the rebel held enclave has been one of the deadliest in the country's seven year civil war. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program thanks for joining us britain is getting international backing in its route with russia over an assassination attempt on former double agent sergei scrip all nato the us france and germany have all expressed solidarity with british prime minister theresa may who arrived in sounds very a short while ago to discuss the poisoning with local investigators her visit comes after she announced that twenty three russian diplomats would have to leave the country within a week and moscow for its part continues to deny an

this is deja vu news live from berlin british russian relations deep breathes moscow says it's to expel twenty three british diplomats as a round for the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter escalates further also coming up. another scalping in washington former deputy director of the f.b.i. andrew mccabe is fired the dismissal ending the veteran official's career came just before he was due to qualify for a pension was his removal politically motivated we'll have a full analysis. by michelle henery thanks for joining us the dispute over the poisoning of a former russian spy in britain is deepening russia says it will expel twenty three british diplomats in a tit for tat response to measures the u.k. has taken against moscow over the case the british consulate in st petersburg and the british council cultural organization will also be closed britain says it will consider its response in the coming days so today our ambassador in moscow was informed by the russian government of the action they are taking in response in the eyes of their previous behavior we anticipated a resp

more than a decade ago. why was the alleged transaction flagged by a bank. >>> russian sex coach jailed. a self proclaimed guru claims to have information about russian election meddling that she will reveal if the u.s. grants her asylum. tonight she's speaking out to cnn. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you're in "the situation room." >>> breaking news tonight. remarkable twist in the russian investigation. a former trump campaign official publicly defying special counsel robert mueller. in a series of interviews with cnn, sam nunberg vowed to defy a grand jury subpoena saying of mueller, i am quoting now, do you think i would ever talk to that moron? closed quote. he thinks mueller probably has something on trump and that another aide, carter page, may have clued with russians. nunberg states there were no collusions by the trump campaign. we will talk about breaking news and more with congresswoman jackie speer of the intelligence committee and correspondents and analysts standing by. jessica, sam nunberg is daring r

problem. russian relations it's a general problem not only a problem with. between russia and the west or in the united states it's a problem with a relationship between. china. but it. may be too hostile and political. of course we need. to change the station and it's probably as a means for. leading politicians to be able it sounds like a big task what do you make of the reaction from the u.s. senators because the american political reaction in any russian election is always one sided dismissive of how it's gone about the results right away food you get any sense that the twenty eighteen presidential election has had a better or worse reaction and they've had. a problem is that it's typical and. action on the russian. unfortunately it's a sort of political myopia if you want because it's a problem. to. do it. with real political situation in russia. you know everybody knows it's a particularly. russian election. no serious doubts in the result is a problem is that. the u.s. british and. don't see a real political process and. it's very important. we see how new politics you know

british investigation into the poisoning of a former russian double agent unless it's given access to a sample of the nerve agent used on him u.k. has been aimed moscow for the attack last sunday in salzburg an accusation that russia calls provocative british prime minister to resign may has vowed to take retaliatory measures if moscow offers no explanation. the palestinian prime minister rami hamdullah has been as escaped unhurt after a bomb exploded while his convoy was traveling in gaza the palestinian authority has called it an assassination attempt and blame time us the group has denied any involvement dozens of people who've escaped a rebel enclave near syria's capital damascus are reached a reception center in government controlled territory seventy six others have so far been allowed to leave eastern guta as part of an evacuation deal between the rebels and russia that follows three weeks of intense bombardment of the area at the u.n. the u.s. is calling for an immediate cease fire to allow in humanitarian aid there's a top stories inside story is next on news after you straight

president hasn't told him to confront the russian cyber threat. that is a perfect reason for our cnn special report, the trump russia investigation, which starts right now. >>> only being a politician for a short period of time, how am i going, am i doing okay? i'm president. hey, i'm president, can you believe it? >> a shadow hangs over the white house. >> why so many lies? >> this is not normal. >> the most explosive evidence yet in the russian ya investigation. >> the urgent questions. >> mr. president, did you order mueller fired? >> fake news, folks, fake news. >> was it appropriate for you to meet with the russian officials? >> mr. manafort owed you millions of dollars. >> at the heart of the trump russia mystery. >> i have nothing to do with russia, to the best of my knowledge, no person that i deal with does. >> but there were secret contacts. >> the release of an e-mail chain. >> it came from russians. >> some denials that defy the facts. >> i don't know what you're talking about, it's crazy? >> it's disgusting, it's phony. >> a shocking dismissal. the. >> president of t

russian intelligence officer turned british spy claims are made and threats flaunted of course without evidence. crosstalk in the poison attack in britain i'm joined by my guest alexander make your us in london he is a writer on legal affairs as well as editor in chief of the duran dot com also in london we have charles shoe bridge he is a security analyst and a former u.k. army and counterterrorism intelligence officer and in brussels we cross to any much shown she is a former british intelligence officer and writer or across time pros in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate alexander macarius i'd like to go to an article that you just recently wrote and the title is very telling to resume the now demands russia provide prove itself innocence and that's a very curious form of jurisprudence isn't it isn't it backwards what she's asking go ahead well that is exactly what she's asking because she's asking that by a certain specified time russia is supposed to say the provide the evidence that proves that it was not russian the russian state that did

it was difficult. because prime minister exposed twenty three russian diplomats from britain in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter despite police having declared no suspects. to speak out there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr scott powell and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as undeclared intelligence officers react song britain's measures calling them unacceptable and unjustified while promising a retaliatory response. and human rights advocates call on the u.s. congress to reject trump's new pick for cia director over her involvement in the teligent say agencies torture program. just turned eleven pm as well as the fourteenth of march she watching out international with me kevin owen here in moscow and the news dominating our coverage as you would expect again is what's happening between the u.k. and russia the standoff

they're expelling russian diplomats in response to the nerve agent attack against a former russian spy in britain. australia is the latest country to announce the punitive measures. officials investigating a deadly fire in a shopping centre in siberia say the building's alarm system was switched off and fire exits were blocked. i'm sharanjit leyl in london. also in the programme: the crisis in cricket — what next for australia in the ball—tampering row? and a month after speaking to the bbc about his search for his estranged father, the hong kong actor anthony wong chau sang has an emotional reunion with two of his half—brothers. live from our studios in singapore, and london, this is bbc world news. it is newsday. thanks forjoining us. it's 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, where the white house says it's expelling 60 russian diplomats in response to the poisoning of a former spy in the uk. donald trump's administration says the move will reduce russia's ability to carry out covert operations and threaten america's national security. 16 eu member st

this. country. suspected of being spock three weeks after the poisoning of a former russian spy. the united states and fifteen european union members. will respond. back. in the cattle on capitol. hill. equal and unbeaten record that has stood since one thousand nine hundred eighty. good to have you with us tonight the support that she had hoped for britain's prime minister. says it is the largest expulsion of russian diplomats in history the united states fifteen european union members and several other nations are kicking more than one hundred russian diplomats over the poisoning of a former russian spy on british soil russian tonight continuing to deny any involved. at the russian embassy in berlin there's little sign off what's going on inside but behind the close curtains for diplomats are clearing their desks berlin says it's responding not just to the attack on former russian double agent sergey st paul in the u.k. but also to the cyber attack on the german government's computer network. it wasn't an easy decision for us to expel the russian diplomats but the facts and ev

russia by the united states of the russian by the by the e.u. but by other nations so the russian central bank and the russian economy minister and other ministries that deal with this the proved themselves successful in keeping the russian economy stable in this their feet but another thing also that western leaders like to see in the including boris johnson the recently they have nothing against russian people the only against the russian government against bush you know who does all these get but i think fifty five but you know i don't know but what does this have or what do these all of these polls say that the russian people were aware only support fortune's policies so being against these against being he's being against the russian people equals russia that he must be certain must be so disappointed with the people those much gnashing of teeth and wailing in the pulling out of the hair in the western circles i'd like to point out that however i agree with victor about the national reserve was that was built up that helped whether the sanctions and the oil prices are going i

u.k.'s prime minister expels twenty three russian diplomats from britain today in retaliation for the kremlin's alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former russian intelligence agent and his daughter despite police having to clear no suspects. to speak there is no alternative conclusion other than that the russian state was culpable for the attempted murder of mr and his daughter under the vienna convention the united kingdom will now expel twenty three russian diplomats who have been identified as calm declared intelligence offices tonight russia reacts to britain's measures calling them unacceptable and unjustified while promising a talent tree responds. like seven kids call on the u.s. congress to reject donald trump's new pick for cia director of her volved went to the intelligence agency's torture program. good evening a.p. i went to the fourteenth of march watching r.t. international with me kevin owen thanks for your company the news this hour in this state of an update dominated first of all by the coverage coming in from the u.k. that's where we're going to start where t

a lot of russians agree with that because they can see that a lot of politicians from the central bank or the finance minister you know when these to keep the russian economy open well i mean when you have costello states such as i'm sorry i'm quoting me smith you know what she called russia course that was state and i think we have the right to call a lot of the western. international organizations and become very hostile and you know give yourself open to that that's a risk important the russians understand to do things obviously there's a lot of criticism leveled at the economic section of the cabinet but at the scene it is these people. like them or not it is these people who are guaranteed russia's economy going through in a stable fashion through the period when massive massive sectoral sanctions sanctions were introduced against russia by the united states of the runway there by the e.u. but by other nations so the russian central bank and the russian economy minister and other ministries that deal with this the proved themselves successful in keeping the russian economy st

thousands demand justice for the victims of a huge shopping center fire in the russian city of camera for which left sixty four people dead on sunday you. heard. president putin visits the city to pay his respects to the victims promising that those responsible will face justice. as those russian authorities declare wednesday a day of national mourning these are live pictures we're bringing you now of people coming together in mourning. and in other news moskos says it won't tolerate borish missed and will respond to a dozen countries worldwide expelled russian diplomats in a show of solidarity with britain which blames moscow for the poisoning of a former double agent. a warm welcome you're watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron good to have you with us this hour well before we update you on the aftermath of the commemorate tragedy we want to bring you more reaction to the news that two dozen countries are sending home more than one hundred russian diplomats between them is in support of britain which accuses moscow of orchestrating the poisoning of a former spy and h

ethnic russian non citizens of the baltic states amid tensions with moscow. the presidents of its stony alot spea and lithuania are preparing for a key summit with u.s. president donald trump in april and the country's tense relations with neighboring russia will be high on the agenda become trees are western facing nato members but is stoney a lot we are still wrestling with how best to integrate non-citizens most of whom are ethnic russians lithuania latvia and estonia declared independence when the soviet union dissolved in the early one nine hundred ninety s. many ethnic russians who had settled in the baltic states during the soviet era remained lithuania granted citizenship to all residents but lots of stony require non-nationals to pass language and history tasks to be granted citizenship well today about twelve percent of lots of u.s. population and six percent of a stony us population are non-citizens the vast majority are ethnic russian so here in our studio to discuss this in the spring is an award winning investigative journalist and broadcaster and is one of the two f

baltic states, it shares a border with the russian federation. seen countries that do share borders with the russian federation and face significant risks in the past. significant has a russian speaking population. both ethnic russians and russian speakers, i make that distinction because it think it is important to note. we are not only speaking about the russian minority but other individuals who speak russian and their daily life lofton also get targeted. who often also get targeted. i will give you a couple of numbers here so you get a sense. in terms of ethnic russians in estonia, 24% of the population. .hey make up 37% on theook at one region border of the russian federation, they make up 73%. they make up 82% in the city of narda. numbers are illustrative. russian speakers and russian minorities in estonia are generally very well integrated. especially the youth. are happy to live in estonia, which has the highest standard of living than any other country that was formerly a member of the soviet union. here the issue is about the small minorities of these groups that russia c

teams but i guess the. representatives of the russian armed forces have said they have intonation and reason to believe that the united states it's as times based in syria has been preparing squads of rebels fighters to stage a chemical provocation a chemical weapons attack in the south of syria in doubt which borders jordan and israel they've been provided allegedly israel news twenty tons of nori this one is dead today does defense officials have said that this is a tad will be blamed on the syrian government and will be used as the excuse by the united states and its allies to strike at bush al assad to his government did his military directly i mean. the provocations mentioned will be used as a pretext to stop the united states and its allies to conduct airstrikes against military and state infrastructure in syria we're seeing that such strikes are being prepared by warships in the mediterranean the red sea and in the persian gulf at the same time speaking in past a nice segue a lover of the russian foreign minister said that the syrian conflict is beginning to look less like a pr

two baltic states shares a border with the russian federation and certainly we have seen countries that share borders with the russian fedrations face significant risks in the past and currently ongoingly. and estonia has a significant russian speaking population and both ethic russians and russian speakers and i make that distinction, because i think it's important to note that we are not only talking about the ethnic minority but others that speak russian in their daily lives that also get targeted by the kremlin and whom the kremlin tries to co-opt in their various efforts. i will give you numbers here so you get a sense, but they are all in the book. ethnic russians in estonias 24% of the population. they make up 37% -- but if we look at one region, on the border of the russian federation, they make 73% here and 82% in the city of narva, it's a small city, again, with the russian federation border. these numbers are illustrateive and certainly the russian speakers and the russian minority in estonia is general ly very well integrated, especially the youth. they are happy to liv

russian president days or ninety eight and in august when the u.s. congress passed legislation to sanction russia iran and north korea trunk grudgingly signed it into law but failed to sanction moscow for alleged meddling in the twenty sixteen u.s. election until now on thursday the us treasury sanctioned twenty four russian entities and individuals including two russian intelligence agents for interfering in the twenty sixteen presidential vote the announcement coming just as the white house issued a joint statement with the united kingdom germany and france blaming russia for the nerve agent attack in the u.k. leaving a former russian spy and his daughter comatose to a very sad situation it certainly looks like the russians were behind it something that should never ever happen and would take an adverse seriously the u.s. says thursday's sanctions are part of a broad effort to target what it calls russia's malicious cyber activity and critical infrastructure clued in america's energy grid nuclear facilities water supply and aviation industry but also targets in the alleged russi

times the u.s. envoy would mention brush or during his statement i counted it's twenty two russian the rush rush rush rush rush rush in russian russian russia crushed russian russian russians and russian russian the russian the russian russia russia russia and the russians it was done for political purposes only and not as it can for civilians we spoke to an expert from damascus university who said civilians in kuta are living in dire conditions on vats what the un security council should be concerned about. we know that there is a question when we are defeating terrorism in the media before they will leave this is the same story with these two bottles. we know from our experience a lot of evidence is a lot of be able to look at what happened with them with these terrorists they where the hostage is nothing but let me quickly hear the other side where is these western campaign why they are not to have been these people who are docked more than one week in a complaint that they are interested in. a diplomatic row between russia and the u.k. over the poisoning of a form of double agent c

political analyst in moldova and paul stronski a senior fellow at the carnegie russian and eurasian program. i would ask the authors and i know it's brutal and unfair, to summarize the key findings for her perhaps the most urgent issues they would like to touch on and no longer than five to seven minutes and in order for us to leave time for questions and answers the most, the second most profitable part. we will start with agnia grigas. >> it's an honor to -- first i have to note estonia like the other optic states stands apart from the group of states and i think they are their representative obama to say that. certainly they are and they have been for the last 10 years eu member states. they don't like to be referred as post-soviet republic. that they were forcibly annexed into the soviet union and this fact was never recognized either by the united states or otherwise from government. indeed their position their history and their geopolitical position is quite different than the other states in question. the same time i will say that you can't really escape your demographics or ambition

russian spy at a time of friction of a break and an unpredictable white house how will a divided west tackle a resurgent russia which is again defining itself at least according to president putin as a great power. hello welcome to the program. the rhetoric of the cold war appears to be back with strong words at the u.n. security council and the expulsion of twenty three russian diplomats from britain the us france and germany along with the u.k. have issued a joint statement blaming moscow for the poisoning of the former spy surrogates cripple and his daughter in the u.k. flooding here putin's expected to win a fourth term in sunday's presidential election and he's been talking about russia's weapons capability this month in his state of the union speech two weeks ago he said that new nuclear missiles that could penetrate any u.s. defense system of being developed the united states has been sending mixed messages on how to deal with russia president donald trump has repeatedly been ambiguous but others in his administration say that russia should be held accountable the united s

russian embassy staff out of the country this comes as western allies rally around britain in responding to a poison attack on a former russian double agent. and in rio de janeiro tens of thousands of people take to the streets to protest the killing of a popular local politician the outspoken critic of police violence was gunned down by unknown assailants. sunni so what's going to thank you for joining us russia's foreign ministers says that moscow will expel u.k. diplomats after western allies accuse it of attempting to murder a former russian spy in britain in a joint declaration the u.s. france and germany backed britain and directly blaming moscow for last week's nerve agent attack in the city of salzburg. british prime minister to reason may is one of the few visitors to salzburg these days traders in the cathedral town say tourists and shoppers are staying away in the wake of the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia mae visited the restaurant where the chemical attack took place and put the blame squarely on moscow. it is right t

and you know give yourself open to that that's a risk important to russians understand two things obviously there's a lot of criticism leveled at the economics section of the cabinet but at the same time it is these people whether one likes them or not it is these people that are guaranteed russia's economy going through in a stable fashion through the period when massive massive sectoral sanctions sanctions were introduced against russia by the united states of the russian by the by the e.u. but by other nations so the russian central bank and the russian economy minister and other ministries that deal with this the proved themselves successful in keeping the russian economy stable in this tough period but another thing also that western leaders like to see in the including boris johnson recently they come nothing against russian people the only against the russian government against bush you know who does all these get but i think fifty five but you know i don't know but what does this have or what do they do solve of these hold say that the russian people or will mean we suppor

fellow in carnegie russian eurasian program. the i asked the authors -- i know it is unfair to summarize their key findings for perhaps the most urgent issues they would like to talk one on. in order for us to leave time for question and answers, what i say think the most profitable part or the second most profitable part after the presentations will be that. we will start with you. thank you very much. thank you for your contribution. >> it is a pleasure to speak on such an important topic. i thank you for putting this book out. it is a timely occasion. my work is on estonia. i have to note that estonia like the other baltic states stands apart from the group of states. they need me to say that. certainly, they are and have been for the last 10 years, that the nato members states and the you -- you win ever states, they do not like to be referred to the post soviet republic per they were forced into the soviet union and this fact was never recognized by the united states or other western government. the history and the geopolitical position is quite different than the other states in qu

what do you know right. a huge fire engulfed a shopping center in the russian city of camera and sixty four people including many children are confirmed dead. in the. city. five have been arrested in connection with the tragedy russia's investigative committee says the building's emergency exits were blocked and that the fire alarms were turned off. in other news a wave of russian diplomatic expulsions are announced by the u.s. and more than a dozen european countries in show of support. to britain which accuses russia of poisoning a double agent and his daughter moscow says that it will respond. broadcasting live direct our studios in moscow this is our two international i'm sean thomas glad to have you with us and we start with a tragedy in the city of a camera in central russia sixty four people including many children are now known to have died in a huge fire at a shopping and entertainment complex it is now eleven am in the camera and hundreds of people have gathered at the regional administration. these are live pictures of a rally that is happening there people are demandi

huge fire and go to the shopping center in the russian city of camera for sixty four people including many children are confirmed dead. but. if you. didn't see it you could be released to student. soon. four people have been arrested in connection with the tragedy russia's investigative committee says the buildings the merchants the exits were blocked and that the fire alarms were turned off. in other news the wave of russian diplomatic expulsions are announced by the u.s. and more than a dozen european countries in a show of support of britain which accuses russia of poisoning a double agent and his daughter. and welcome you watching r.t. international with me nicky aaron now we begin this hour with the tragedy in the central russian city of camera for now sixty four people including many children are now known to have died in a huge fire at a shopping and entertainment complex local authorities say ten people are still missing and that the number of fake teletubbies may rise further our video agency ruptly has obtained c.c.t.v. footage from inside the mall is showing the f

of a former russian spy in wiltshire. sergei skripal and his daughter, yulia, were found slumped on a bench in salisbury on sunday, prompting a major emergency response in the immediate area. our focus has been ourfocus has been tried our focus has been tried to establish what has caused these people to become critically ill and whether or not criminal activity has taken place. the prime minister has been briefed at a meeting of the national security council, and foreign secretary borisjohnson had a warning for russia. should evidence emerge that implies state responsibility, then her majesty's government will respond appropriately and robustly. we'll be live in salisbury and westminster with the very latest. the other main stories on bbc news at 5: donald trump says the world is watching and waiting after hearing north korean leader kim jong—un will discuss giving up his nuclear weapons when he meets his south korean counterpart next month. it's time for britain to go on a diet — the message from public health england, which tells manufacturers, supermarkets and takeaways to cu

pledged their support to the british prime minister and they are expelling scores of russian diplomats from capitals across the e.u. to resume a spoke in parliament earlier and she was clearly rather pleased with the support from brussels and from the u.s. canada and the ukraine for that matter take a listen to what she had to say. great for the geraghty from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america nato and beyond over the past three weeks and today eighteen countries have announced their intention to expel more than one hundred russian intelligence officers from and. this includes fifteen e.u. member states as well as the united states canada and the ukraine. and even though moscow denies the allegation that it was behind the attack in seoul's worry the list of expulsions of diplomatic expulsions is extensive among the countries that russian diplomats are going to be departing from france germany poland lithuania denmark the czech republic the list continues however not all e.u. states have signed up to kicking out russian diplomats austria notably has announced that the ru

committee vice chair mark warner talking about russian foreign policy and its attempt to spread disinformation to combat western democracies. his remarks are followed by a discussion on how to counter the threat with a former cia official and a russian journalist. hosted by the carnegie endowment for international peace, this is an hour and a half. >>> good morning, everyone. my name is bill burns. i'm the president of the carnegie endowment. i'm very pleased to welcome all of you today to our launch of our new global russia project. our objective is to bring together carnegie's global network to take a fresh, sober look at the why and how of russia's increasing assertive foreign policy and the implications for us here in washington and around the world. as all of you know very well, this is not an academic issue. every single day, with every new indictment, hearing and news headline, we're reminded of the ongoing brazen russia meddling in our democracy, and the domestic divisions the kremlin seeks to highlight and exploit. and every single day from keef to ca raw cas, we see ru

the program. how the russians implicitly at least acknowledge that there is a new cold war and very importantly mary you said you watched it. putin big reach out his hand to say there's still time to sit down and talk instead of all of the bluster ok because i think we are in a new cold war i think we're going to find a new term for it because it's not ideological it's like more like a nineteenth century great power struggle but at least in those days you recognized and had respect for the other powers that's not the case today so those two questions are really new cold war and can the west reach out and say and sit down with the russians on these issues go ahead mary well my personal take on this is that actually we're not in a new cold war we're in something rather different we're in more of a sort of psychological stand off i think and i'm quite reluctant to refer to what's going on as a new cold war but i think implicitly you could read into what putin was saying and his approach that from russia's perspective it is treating this at least a bit like a new cold war and one of the

yeah. around the globe russian diplomats called out for being spies and told to get out explosions like the world has never seen before tonight the u.k. prime minister she gets the support that she needs will vladimir putin ever give her the answers she wants i'm bringing off in berlin this is the day to. day eighteen countries have announced their intention to expound all of the one hundred russian intelligence officers that this is the largest expulsion of russian intelligence officers in united states history and you'll be a little silly green this is the united kingdom with the side that so we've called the e.u. about to rush i have found greeks on the terraces my friends and partners in the e.u. north america nato and beyond russia did not and does not have anything to do with this case the united states along with its allies and partners make clear to russia they have its actions have consequences all the responsibility. for ruining russian american relations is on the united states of america and together we have sent a message that we will not tolerate russia's continued at

relationship cannot be the same so we twenty three russian diplomats to tell to pack up and leave the u.k. as britain takes action over the poisoning of a former spy and his daughter. hello i'm in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up seventeen minute walk out to remember the seventeen killed in part in florida tens of thousands of students across the u.s. make a stand against gun violence. brilliant mind an extraordinary life while pronounced physicist stephen hawking dies at the age of seventy six. and after sunday's gun incident fifa threatens to kick greece out of world football and that's it clamps down on violence in the gang. russia says the u.k. is choosing confrontation over cooperation and its handling of a nerve agent attack on a russian former spy vs prime minister to resign may's unveiled a range of measures against russia in retaliation for the poisoning of cigarettes cripple and his daughter yulia in the u.k. these include expelling twenty three russian diplomats she's also requested a u.n. security council meeting which is jus to start this hour we'll be live at

of being behind the poisoning of the former russian double agent sergei script and his daughter yulia the charge that russia has blasted as rubbish drivel and nonsense so who's right and will there be a further escalation of the crisis question here on quadriga this week putin reelected a toxic presidency and i've got three guests here in the studio to discuss that question beginning with the w.'s only christiane trip but a senior correspondent who has in recent years been very sort of thing in kiev and moscow christiane argues that it's wrong to demonize vladimir putin and don't please russia he's saying he's start planning for a post in russia also with us ellen posner commentator for the berlin daily devote ellen believes that putin not only poison seems enemies his army of internet trolls these points in ing the political atmosphere in the west is a piece of our lives democracy and a warm welcome to gemma perth's current a freelance journalist an expert on eastern europe germany says it's always the same reflex whatever happens it was always in moscow. about to begin with yo

. what the prime minister said a week ago is -- was very clear process. we gave the russians two alternatives. they could either explain how stocks of novichok could have mysteriously escaped their possession and used in salisbury or we were forced to draw the conclusion that the attempted murders that took place there, the reckless endanger of public life in this country, the first use of a nerve agent on european soil for 5 years was the direct responsibility of the russian state. and to go to your point, mr. smith, as we saw in the case of the murder of alexander litvinenko, the trail of responsibility for such assassinations and assassination attempts does lead back to the kremlin. >> on the news recently, mcgail said the attack could have been carried out by people empowered by president putin but no longer under his control. do you find that a plausible explanation? >> i really think i would go back on what i -- what i just said. i think it's our view when it comes to the use of a novichok type nerve agent in salisbury to attempt to assassin eight somebody who identified by

will l l l l l l l l l l lr ex-russian spy was poisoned with polonium in london. nuclear, if you will, weapon used against britain, and now they have used a chemical weapon against britain. this is the face of russian imperialism. leaders of the u.k., france, and germany have come out with a joint statement condemning the nerve agent attack as an assault on u.k. sovereignty. atatatatatatatatatatatatatatata. you say that russia always gets the blame. you seemed to be doubting that russia is to blame. gemma: it is too early to judge. d d d d d d d d d d d d d d d'. one needs a statement of solidarity. i was shocked and i think the british people in salisbury were shockedssssssssssssssssssssss could happen itheir country. it is a difficult situation for may. iu need to react somehow but think it would have been better to wait -- peter:ususususususususususususua alwaways getththe blame. why does russia always get the blame? gemma: i find there is a certain as istype of russians, often said in british media, even british politicians. there should be more differentiation between what is the

against russia following the nerve agent attack against the former russian spy and his daughter. she announced the expulsion of 23 russian diplomats from the uk and the revoking of the russian foreign minister to the uk. from the british house of commons, this is 50 minutes. >> statements. the prime minister. >> with permission mr. speaker but like to make a statement on reforms of the russian government to thef incident and salisbury. first on the half of the whole house let me pay tribute once again to the bravery and professionalism of all the emergency services doctors nurses and investigation teams would lead the response to this appalling incident and also to the fortitude of the people of salisbury and let me reassure them the ongoing risk to public health is low and the government will continue to do everything possible to support this historic city to recover fully. mr. speaker mr. scribner and his daughter were poisoned with a military-grade nerve agent developed by russia. based on this case combined with the record of conducting state-sponsored assassinations including ag

says it was highly likely the kremlin was behind the poison attack against the former russian spy. also on the show of mafia style murder sense a chilling message to slovakia stern says. i think it changes the whole way you think about your work. and pretty much everything in life if something like this happens public anger over the killing of investigative journalist. friends to topple the slovakian government. and a real crunch match in the german bundesliga cologne left the bloodied and beaten by braman in a relegation dog fight. i'm brian thomas a warm welcome to the show britain has issued a midnight deadline for russia to explain why a deadly nerve agent produced only in russia was used in an assassination attempt western allies have voiced their support for the british demand the former russian spy sergei strip mall and his daughter remain in critical condition more than a week after being found unconscious in the city of salzburg. this is where as the prime minister puts it somebody attacked the u.k. authorities say the nerve agent was made in russia the question is who de

whole lot of work putin is all but guaranteed to clinch another six year term the russian media are firmly behind him there's little in the way of criticism in its two thousand and seventeen ranking of one hundred eighty countries for press freedom russia came in at number one hundred forty eight in part three of our series russia votes we take a look at some of the difficulties faced by russian journalists. reporter powerful new coolant dared criticize the kremlin's policies in syria now he risks his freedom video i open the door to armed police officers and two plainclothes secret service agents were standing there. dimitris go to the top was an editor at a state owned t.v. station until his employer fired him now he's breaking his silence i think everything is centrally controlled with notices and bans state television cannot show that the state has problems. with. the two used to belong to different political camps now both are in danger. in moscow only a handful of journalists like the coolant are willing to investigate and address taboo topics human rights violations harassmen

palestinians were killed and hundreds more injured also on the program. diplomats arrive at the russian foreign ministry to hear who is dead who's got to go in the latest round of expulsions twenty had been announced today in the standoff over the poisoning of a former russian agent and his daughter in britain. welcome to the program israel's military has clashed with demonstrators in the gaza strip as thousands of palestinians began six weeks of protests called by the militant group hamas the palestinian health ministry says at least seven palestinians have been killed and hundreds more injured. this could be the beginning of weeks of tensions in the palestinian territories the first clashes erupted soon after thousands of palestinians started building tent cities on the gaza side of the border to israel. there marking a number of historic events the creation of israel and the expulsion of palestinians in one thousand forty eight. the deaths of six arab israeli demonstrators in one nine hundred seventy six and the scheduled opening of the us embassy in jerusalem in may. israel has doub